Piano-hammer.



NO MODEL.

PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904. U. W. STEPHENSON.

PIANO HAMMER.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 21, 1903.

awuawtoz i z/asw/wcwag No. 777,444. Patented December 13, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

CHARLES W. STEPHENSON, OF ELDORADO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO THOMAS S. IVHITLEY, OF ELDORADO, ILLINOIS.

PIANO-HAMMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,444, dated. December 13, 1904.

Application filed October 21, 1903. Serial No. 177,924- (No model.)

To whom it y n: reference, 1 denotes a head-piece having a Be it known that I, CHARLES STEPHEN- socket 2, constructed of surrounding front,

soN, a citizen of the United States, residing rear, and side walls, the two opposite narrow at Eldorado, in the county of Saline and State walls of the socket being provided with ex- 5 of Illinois, have invented new and useful Imtensions 3,projecting from and forming a part provements in Piano-Hammers, of which the of the said side walls, whereby to detachably following is a specification. secure one portion of a circular hammer,which 5 5 My invention relates to new and A useful comprises a core I, formed of wood or other improvements in hammers for pianos; and its non-resilient material covered by an inclosing I0 object is to provide an adjustable Working ring5 of felt. The hammer is partially inface whereby Worn surfaces can be readily reclosed within the surrounding walls of the moved from position above the strings and a socket, and the extensions 3 serve to clamp smooth unworn surface presented thereto the hammer within the socket by means of without detaching or repairing the felt conthe said extensions being bent against the 5 stituting said working face. periphery of said hammer, and said hammer As is well known, the hammers of a piano is adjustable in the socket and in the extenare soon worn by reason of their continual sions, it being turnable by the aid of the 5 contact with the strings of the instrument, hands of a person. After the working face and in order to substantially repair the injury of the hammer has been used for some time 20 thereto it is necessary either to provide new and becomes flat and worn it is merely neceshammers or to pick the felt and remold it. sary to turn the same within the socket 2, so The first-mentioned remedy is extremely exas to bring said worn portion into contact pensive, whereas the felt can never be picked with the wall of the socket and present some out so as to be as effective as when originally other unworn portion of the ring to the 5 used. strings. This operation can be quickly per- One of the objects of my invention is to formed and obviates the necessity of employemploy an adjustable felt which can be quickly ing special tools for repairing the rings. 7 5

moved, so as to present any portion of the The hammer above described can be used surface thereof to the strings, and while said upon most of the strings of the piano; but for 3 portion is being used the previously-used face the higher strings I preferably use a hammer is automatically molded within the head of such as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. This the hammer and prepared for further use.. form of device comprises a head 6, having a With the above and other objects in view socket 7 therein preferably substantially in the invention consists in the novel constructhe form of a half-oval, and within this socket 3 5 tion and combination of parts hereinafter is arranged a hammer formed of an oval core more fully described and claimed and illus- 8 of non-resilient material and a covering 9 trated in the accompanyingdrawings,showing of felt. This hammer presents a narrow the preferred form of my invention, and in working edge to the strings, and when said whichedge becomes flattened, as illustrated in Fig.

4 Figure lis a side elevation of my improved 5, the hammer can be withdrawn from the hammer. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal secsocket, reversed, and replaced in position. tion therethrough. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sec- The subsequent use of the hammer will cause 0 tion through the hammer. Fig. 4 is an elethe flattened portion thereof to be remolded Vation of a modified form of' hammer, and and placed in condition for further use after 45 Fig. 5 is aview of said modified form of hamthe outer endthereof has been worn. This mer removed from its socket and showing its modified form of socket is also provided with condition subsequent to continual use. integral ears 10 for overlapping and retaining Referring to the drawings by numerals of the hammer in position.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I therefore claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A piano-hammer holder comprising a one-part head-piece having a receptacle or socket formed by surrounding walls,the socket being provided with two opposite narrow walls and having extensions formed thereon at their terminal ends and projecting therefrom, said extensions being adjustable toward each other by means of the bending of the same, substantially as specified.

2. A piano-hammer comprising a head-piece having a receptacle or socket formed therein by means of surrounding Walls, said socket being provided with two opposite narrow CHARLES W. STEPHENSON.

WVitnesses:

GEO. F. VVHITLEY, LEE L. ORGAN. 

